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What is olympic weightlifting? | Olympic weightlifting technique | 1964 | ENG SUB

4,878 views · Published 4 December 2018 · 15:55 · Indexed 15 October 2026

Channel: Weightlifting News Agent · 2018 · Sports

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What is olympic weightlifitng?
Hungarian documentary about the strongest athletes in the world, the Hercules of the recent age; the olympic weightlifter. It is a promotion & introduction video about the olympic weightlifting and was made in 1964.
There are different phase in this video: techniques of each lift and additional exercises; and introduction of the most famous weightlifters of that time, like: Yoshinobu Miyake (JPN), Isaac Berger (USA), Marian Zieliński (POL), Tommy Kono (USA), Győző Veres (HUN), Louis Martin (GBR), Yury Vlasov (URS) and Leonid Zhabotinsky (URS).
Respect for these weightlifting legends! Watch it & enjoy!

0:50 - the importance of olympic weightlifting in other sports
2:43 - the platform
2:54 - the barbell and plates
3:45 - weight categories
4:08 - PRESS technique
5:31 - additional exercises of the press
6:04 - SNATCH technique
6:49 - additioanl exercises of the snatch
7:49 - CLEAN AND JERK technique
8:36 - additional exercises of the clean and jerk
10:55 - additional exercises of olympic weightlifting
13:04 - famous weightlifters (from category to category)

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